Clean & Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles in Fremont

Fremont is home to a large number of electric vehicle owners - over 5,800 EVsas of September 2017. With just 14% of Alameda County's overall population, Fremont residents own 32% of all of the electric vehicles that have been purchased within the County. In fact, Fremont's 94539 zip code is home to more EV drivers than any other zip code in California!

Benefits of Driving a Clean Vehicle
Driving a clean vehicle such as a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV), or zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) can have a significant impact on the environment, as well as result in significant savings spent on fuel.

The first chart below demonstrates the annual emissions of an HEV, PHEV, or EV in our region (assuming those vehicles are charged from PG&E's grid) compared to a conventional gas vehicle (assuming 27.6 MPG). By choosing an electric vehicle over a conventional gas vehicle, you can reduce your vehicle emissions by one third. Note that the emissions would be even lower for an electric vehicle if it were to be charged at home with solar energy.

The second chart shows how much a 100-mile trip would cost in each of these vehicles, assuming the national average cost of electricity of $0.11/kWh of electricity and $3.69/gallon of gasoline. An electric vehicle costs about one quarter of the amount of a conventional gas vehicle for the same distance traveled. Depending on the changing cost of fuel, these figures may vary. Both charts are courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center.

Federal Tax Incentives Information CenterFuelEconomy.Gov is the official U.S. government source for fuel economy information. Its Tax Incentives Information Center provides information about current and past tax credits for plug-in electric and all-electric vehicles.